Red Hat announced that its OpenShift Service on AWS, featuring hosted control planes in AWS GovCloud, has achieved FedRAMP High Authorization. This new authorization extends the existing FedRAMP High approval previously granted to the service’s classic architecture, enabling U.S. federal agencies to use a fully managed application platform with hosted control plane architecture that meets strict government security standards.
The addition of hosted control plane architecture is designed to simplify lifecycle management and security monitoring for Kubernetes control planes and their underlying infrastructure. Red Hat and AWS jointly engineer, manage, and support this approach, allowing agencies to use enterprise Kubernetes as an AWS cloud service. According to Red Hat, this can reduce operational barriers for workload modernization and result in more efficient resource use, improved security posture, reliability, and potential cost savings.
FedRAMP is a federal program aimed at promoting secure cloud services across government agencies by standardizing security assessment and continuous monitoring processes. The FedRAMP High Impact Level designation applies to cloud environments handling the most sensitive unclassified data.
With this latest authorization, Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS with hosted control planes in AWS GovCloud is positioned to handle sensitive data types such as criminal justice records, financial information, and health records. Agencies using the service benefit from a simplified compliance process through an accelerated path to Authority to Operate (ATO), reduced operational overhead via managed operations backed by site reliability engineering teams, and consistent hybrid cloud application deployment from agency datacenters to AWS GovCloud regions.
Christopher Smith, vice president and general manager for North America Public Sector at Red Hat stated: “Achieving FedRAMP High Authorization for Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS with hosted control planes in AWS GovCloud is a pivotal milestone that validates our unwavering commitment to the security and success of our U.S. government customers. This authorization means federal agencies can deploy their most sensitive, mission-critical workloads on a security-focused, managed, application platform. By offloading the complexity of compliance and infrastructure management, we empower our customers to focus entirely on their vital missions, from safeguarding national security to public service delivery.”
Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS with hosted control planes in AWS GovCloud is now generally available.
